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*4 neatondt ilinsccaalt i5 yc ts TmRmRieaPgl ut u0. Hst. Catharine‘s total assessment year was $3,560,300. Hamilton â€" City Council starts year with an overdraft of $10,000. r'i'ihe total real assessment of the Proâ€" ;}noao;!‘ of Manitoba in 1896 was $71,643,â€" 4.3% "’i‘vfs; directors of the Bank of Ottawa ;un:cribed $500 to the India famine und. _ Hon. Mr. Laurier has subscribed $100 %o the fund for the India famine sufâ€" erers. The Allans of Montreal have purâ€" chased the steamer State of California for £50,000. The Markets Committee of Hamilton will recommend the Council to pass a curfew byâ€"law. Mr. Robert A. Robertson, rancher, of Pincher Creek, Alberta, was found dead on the prairie. It is now pretty certain that the Pominion Parliament will not meet until about the middle of March. fHE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. Sir Samuel Strong, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, has been appointed a Privy Councillor. W. Hespler, Winnipeg, has been apâ€" pointed sole liquidator of the defunct Commercial Bank of Manitoba. Mr. Edward Gurney was elected by acclamation on Monday to the position ‘.}f |()lresident of the Toronto Board of rade. # (8F NH N A NISHL _ The Ottawa City Council has resolved to petition the Eegislutnre to abolish civic exemptions on manufacturing conâ€" cerns. Dr. Gaudette, medical officer at St. Vincent de Paul penitentiary, recently srspe~ded, has been reinstated by orâ€" dâ€"r of the Minister of Justice. * Councillors of Niaf‘am Falls have peâ€" titioned the Local Government not to grant the extension of time asked for by the Canadian Power Co. ltev. Father Lacoste, D.D., of Ottaâ€" wa University, has received the news of ns appointment as a member of the Academy of St. Thomas, in Rome. All the Manitoba land companies reâ€" port increased inquiry for farm lands. Mainy of the correspondents live in the rorthern and western States. The Rank of Montreal has subscribed five thousand dollars and the Molsons Bank fifteen hundred dollars, to the Moutreal Indian Relief fund. â€" It is rumoured that Parliament will be asked to pass an address to the Queen, inviting the Duke and Duchess of York to visit Canada this year. Mr. Laurier bhas cabled, in reply to an invitation from the Liverpool Chamâ€" ber of Commerce, that he would not likely visit England for some time. The James Bay Railway Company will apply to Parliament for an act Aunho“lziug the company to extend its line from Parry Sound to Toronto. Mr. Arthur Brophy, formerly of the Dominion Express Company at Montâ€" real, bas been ;fl)ointed private secâ€" gelary to Houn. . Seott, Secretary of tate. The analysis of a large quantity of strained honey, collected in different parts of the Dominion shows a large percentage of cane sugar and glucose, instead of the pure honey. 1 The difference of opinion between the Canadian Pacific railway and its conâ€" ductors and brakesmen, which at one time threatened to end in a serious rupture, has been amicably settled. Judgment has been given at St. Catharines in favour of the estate of Henry Rolls in their suit against the Niagara Central Railway for payâ€" ment of the first mortgage bonds of CANADA. Burglars are operating in Guelph. Ottawa is to have a new $100,000 opâ€" Reports from every part of the Nortm\'est indicate that Saturday night was the coldest night in two winâ€" ters. The range was from 25 degrees below to 40 below. $2,500 The Nova Scotia Legislature was opâ€" ened on Thursday. In his address Lieuâ€" tenantâ€"Governor Daly referred to the success of the fishing season of the past year, and stated that the output of coal durinfi 1896 was the largest in the history of the province. John Busby and James Quinn were arrested in Guelph charged with beâ€" ing the authors of a number of inâ€" cendiary fires there recently. Busby turned Queen‘s evidence at the preâ€" liminary trial, and gave evidence charging Quinn with at least one of the crimes. P Sir Isaac Pitman, the inventor of the Pitman shorthand system is dead. The opening of the Imperial Parlia ment took place on Tuesday. Heaviv; snowstorms are prevailing throughout Great Britain. Sir Redvers Buller is to take comâ€" mand of the expeditiion to Khartoum. Mr. John Dillon was reâ€"elected leadâ€" er of the Irish National party in the Imperial Parliament. Mr. Gladstone is devoting a portion of every day to another great work on the Olympian religion. Mr. Hall Caine, the novelist, has deâ€" clined a request to contest a seat in the House of Commons. The Earl of Kimberley was elected Liberal leader in the House of Lozds. Owing to the expected accouchement it will not be possible for the Duchess of York to visit Canada this year. Mark Twain has lost all his fortune, and is living in very modest lodgings in London and working from morning to night. Lieut.â€"Governor _ Kirkpatrick, who underwent an operation in a London hospital, a few days ago, is progressâ€" ing well. The London Lancet states on authorâ€" ity that the condition of the Queen does not give any anxiety to her mediâ€" cal advisers. sresting Items About Our Own Country, Great Britain, the United States, and Ail Parts of the Glube, Condensed and Assosied for Easy Reading. It is thought in London that the Royal Commission will pursue its enâ€" ?mry into the financial relations of reland. Much interest is taken in commerciab circles in London in the development of trade between Canada and the South African colonies. It is understood that knighthood will be conlerrmEm the Mayors of the principal C n cities during the diaâ€" mond jubjlee celebrations. GREAT BRITAIN emigne ns Col. Ceceil Rhodes has arrived in London, but he will not talk on the question of the comi Parliamenâ€" tary enquiry into the %msvaal raid. In the Imperial House of Commons on Wednesday, Mr. O‘Brien‘s motion for amnesty for Irish political prisoners was defeated by a vote of 204 to 182. adian shipments show a stead{ improve~ ment and are certainly making their Mr. John W. Donn, Canadian comâ€" mercial agent at Bristol, says that Canâ€" adian shipments show a steady improveâ€" own way. torney Gensraly in aeplynto 6i Wil. orne. neral, xe to Sir ilâ€" frxd.fawm. admitted yf,lmt: the _sale of liquors within the precinots of the A blue book containing the official corres(rondsnoe between the powers n regard to coercive measures in dealâ€" ing with the Sultan of Turkey has been issued in London. Messrs. Baring Bros.. of London, ofâ€" fered for sgubscription £400,000 sterâ€" ling 4per cent. 800â€"year _ debenture stock of _ the Commercial Cable Comâ€" pany. _ The loan was largely overâ€"subâ€" A meeting of the bondholders 0@ shareholders of the Chignecto marino railway was held in London, when & resolution was passed calling upon the Laurier Government to aid tghe scheme, A service in memory of Prince Hentry of Battenberg, husband of the Princess Beatrice, was celekrated on Wednesâ€" day at noon in W‘Mmi;ngham church, The Queen, Princess trice, her chilâ€" dren, and other members of the Royal family were present. Offirial correspondence published on Thursday in London slmr\!\:‘s1 that thed powers have agreed to Lord Salisbury‘s proposition to resort to coercive Measâ€" ures should the Sultan prove recalciâ€" trant, and refuse to adopt the reforms unanimously recommended «by _ the Ambpassadors. The Sec.rettao? of the Imperial Adâ€" muralitges’.a on ‘Thursday, that it would impossible for the Government to act upon the suggestions of the Royal Socieg of Canada and secure a un:fication of time, as any alteration in the esfronomical day would not be agreed to by the Continental powers. UNILTED STATES. W. P. Killner, aged 77, a wealthy citizen of Governeur, N: Y., banged himself at that place on Monday. The New York Board of Health has formally declared that tuberculosis is an infectious and communicable disease. One man was killed and several inâ€" (j;ured by a dynamite explosion at reenwich, Conn., on Wednesday. _ The sleet, which gave the pavements of Chicago a slippery coating, was reâ€" sponsible for two deaths. Liabilities of the wrecked First Naâ€" tional Bank of Newport, Ky., will reach $250,000 in loafis exclusively. frel It is reported that exâ€"Governor Long of Massachusetts has accepted the Secretaryship of the Navy in Mr. Mceâ€" Kinley‘s Cabinet. Col. Robert Ingersoll has _Yiven up the practice of law, and will deâ€" :ote his entire time to the lecture platâ€" orm. Two negroes were blown to atoms and a number of persons seriously injured in the explosion of a powder magazine at Mobils, Ala., on Tuesday. Mrs. Sternaman, of Buffailo, has apâ€" pealed from Judge Coxe‘s decision in her extradition case to the United States Cireuit Court of Appeals. The report of the de%}) waterways commissioners of the United States was submitted to the House at Washâ€" ington by President Cleveland. The Baltimore Iron and Tin Plate Company, which operated one of the first tin plate factories established in America, went into the hands of reâ€" ceivers Thursday. The Chicago police bhave under arrest George F. McDonald and Edward Noyes, who some years ago helped to swindle th> Bank of England out of a million pounds sterling. The First National Bank of Newport Ky., the German National Bank of Louisville and the Minnesota Savings Bank stopped payments on Wednesday. Joseph Jones, coloured, who claimed to hbhave waited on George Washingâ€" ton at the home of his former owner, died at Ridgeway, Ont., at the age of 115. His widow is 105 years old. Frank J. Palmer, of West Parsonâ€" field, Me., aged 16, has _ confessed at Saco, Me., of the murder of Mrs,. Betsy R. Hobbs, because she made him pay for glass broken in her house. In the New York Senate on Tuesday a bill was introduced providing that whoever treats or offers to treat any person to an intoxicating drink in any puh(l‘ic place shall be fined or imprisâ€" one 4A passenger train on the Pittsburg & Western Railway ran off Point Creek bridge, near Shippenville, and dropped 50 feet into the stream. Three men were killed, and not a passenger esâ€" caped without injury of some sort. The Department of Immigration at Washington has notified Inspector Deâ€" Barry of Buffalo, of the passage of the Corliss bill which provides that only fullâ€"fledged American citizens will be allowed to work on Government conâ€" tracts. The advices received from. New York indicate no particular change in the business situation during . the week just closed. In ceriain lines a betâ€" ter demand is reported; which is, to some extent, counterbalanced â€" by lowâ€" er prices. An increased demand for materials a%pea.rs to exist in some diâ€" rections. The failures of ‘the week have bhad little or no depressing inâ€" fluence. The labour market is in A rather more satisfactory condition,, as the demand for skilled labour is imâ€" proving. The market for securities is firmer and the mone{ markets abroad are more settled, but loans are not easâ€" ily effected except on firstâ€"class securâ€" ity. The commercial outlook is considâ€" ered to be better than was the case a week ago. _ Commercial failures for the week in the United States have been 409, compared with 373 in the correâ€" sponding week of last year. 3 GENERAL. Madame Carnot, mother of the late President Carnot of France is dead. The Countess Castellane, nee Anna Gould, on Monday, gave birth to a son in Paris. The native rising in Griqualand , is growing more serious, and the whites are laagering. 4 Two cases of the bubonic plague are reported at Kamaran, an island off the west coast of Arabia. t lialy and France are taking sanitary precautions to prevent the introduction of the Indian plague. Col. Seddon, of the firm of . Walter & Co., Bristol, Quebec and Chicago, is dead at Penira, Portugal. Russia is said to be secretly treating with the Turkish Government for the use of a port on the Black Sea. ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO An influenza epidemic prevails in Perlin, but while there are thousands of cases the death rate is very small. Fieldâ€"Marshall Count Yamagata will ba the appointed representative of the Mikado to the Queen‘s diamond jubilee. The Italian Government denies that there have been cases of the bubonic plague at Massowah on the Red Sea. It is stated in Constantinci?le that the Sultan firmly resists European control of Turkey‘s finances or adminâ€" istration. A British syndicate has received from the Government of Dutch Guiana a fiudscessxon of a million acres of gold nds. . . The British military post in Urnan, the occupation of which led to _ the acute trouble with Venezuela, has been abandoned. alliance From the general tone of the Conâ€" tinental press, it is evident that Europe looks asganoe on the Angloâ€"American The Indian Government has ordered the stoppage on February 2nd of all pilgrim traific from Bombay to Karâ€" achi, on account of the plague. The expedition sent by the Royal Nigâ€" er Company against the Emir of Nupe found the Foulah army dispersed and in flight when it arrived at Kabba. It is reported from Calcutta that the British steamer City of Canterbury has been wrecked at Hooghly Point. All on board were saved. _It is learned that France is meditaâ€" ting the negotiations of a treaty of arâ€" biration with the United States simâ€" ilar to the Angloâ€"American treaty. A despatch from ‘Teberan says that two thousand five hundred persons perâ€" ished as a result of the earthquake on Kisham Islapd, on the lith inst. The British Indian troopship Warren Hastings was totally wrecked off the Island of Reunion on Thursday. The troops and crew were all saved. It is announced that the Venezuelan Government has paid over to England the indemnity demanded in respect of what is known as the Uruan incident. FATAL FIRE AT BERLN Mr. Aldrich Killedâ€"Secretary Breithaupt and Mr. Weller, a Workman, Very Serfously Injured. A despatch from Berlin says:â€"At 7.20 on Tuesday evening the citizens of the Town of Berlin were startled by a loud report, and on investigation it was found that the Gas Company‘s works had been blown up, killing Mr. Aldrich and badly burning Mr. E. Carl Breithâ€" aupt, Secretaryâ€"Treasurer of the comâ€" pany, and Mr. Weller a workman. Owâ€" ing to the combustible nature of the material the firemen could not do much to quell the flames. A cry for help was heard, and when the firemen dirâ€" ected a stream in the direction of the sound it was found that Mr. Aldrich was pinioned between the brick wall and the tank, with a pile of burning boards on top of him, but wheni they reached him he was burnt beyond reâ€" cognition. Two heroic firemen risked their lives to save Mr. ‘Aldrich, while the other firemen played the water on them, but ho was dead when brought out. Mr. Breithaupt now liee at the residence of Dr. Bowlby in a precarious condition. He had been blown on the top of a roof on an adjoining building. His face, hands and body are horribly burned, and his back badly injured. Mr. Weller was blown through the door and was found by a woman who had him moved to her house near by. He will likely lose his eyesight. _ a THE GAS WORKS WRECKED BY AN EXPLOSION. It is impossible to say how the exâ€" plosion occurred, a report going the rounds that Mr. Aldridge looked into one of the tanks with the aid of his lantern and in some way caused the explosion. _ Another theory, and one which is believed to be the correct one, is that one of the men had a lighted cigar, which dropped into one of the tanks. Mr. Aldridge had hbeen in the employ of the gas and electric works here for ten years, and was looked upâ€" on .';rs thoroughly acquainted with his work. The Canadians Reach New YForkâ€"One of Their Number Telis of the Hardships of Their Southern Life, A despatch from New York says:â€" Mr. William Skelcher, a mechanic, was the spokesman of the Canadian subâ€" jects who recently tried their fortunes in Brazil as a result of representations made by a BraziSian agent having ofâ€" figes in Montreal. Said Mr. Skelcher: â€""On the way down we were used very well, and had nothing to complain of on the steamship. On arrival at Sanâ€" tos we were put aboard a train and sent on our way to ESan Palo. It was not until our arrival at the latter place that we begam to realize that we had been duped. There we were driven like cattle into an immense barnâ€"like structure, the interior of which was our room. For eight days we were all penned in this place, men, women, and childrer. For the next few days no _one was allowed to leave the place, unâ€" til one of the men scaled a fence and made his way to an official of the Agâ€" ricultural Department, who listened to his remonstrances, and then arranged matters so that a leave of absence could be secured between eleven and ‘ three o‘clock in the day." _ _ _ _ Mr. Skelcher then c;;l)la'med in detail the methods adopte by Brazulian planters. _ Wages were so low and })r;a;a so high that many suffered. One amily in itself excited a good deal of com;l)asswn among the Eilis‘ Island employes. It consisted of a father with four boys, whose ages run from three to nine years. ‘The mother had died on December lst, and the family was further afflicted by aneye disease, peculiar to the climate, which affected all four boys. A doctor‘s attendance for the afflicted cost the man nineteen milries, and he made but one hunâ€" dred a month. The wife was ill three weeks, and every article they had was sold to get money that she might be taken to Santos, which was considerâ€" ed a more healthy place, _ She only arâ€" rived to die. The man‘s name is Michâ€" ael Walsh. â€" . x i k Acting â€" Immigration Commissioner McSweeney sent a representative to British Consul Fraser in regard to the unfortunates. The Consul said that he himself will ‘gz to the island, and that he will see t the party reaches its destination. RETURNING FROM BRAZIL Some Items of Interest to the Busy Business Man. The Imperial Bank of Germany bas reduced its discount rate from 5 to 4 per cent. _ Earnings of the Canadian Pacific for the second week of January were $325,â€" 000, a decrease of $24,000. THE FIELD OF COMMERCE. The cash reserves of the associated banks of New York now aggregate more than $52,000,000 above legal requireâ€" ments. The favorable balance of trade is havâ€" ing a stimulating effect on the indusâ€" triee in the United States, and conâ€" fidence with regard to securities is reâ€" turning. & The world‘s visible supply of wheat decreased over 4,000,000 bushels last week, which is greater than had been expected, but it exerted no bullish inâ€" fluences on prices. The wheat markets have been very disappointing the past few days. It is difficult to get more than 80c for white and red at Ontario points. There is a lull in the export demand. The stimulus to the stock marker on Wall Street is said to be the easy monâ€" ey market and the unprecedented exâ€" %orta of grain, cotton and merchandise. or 1896 the excess of exports over imâ€" ports is valued at $325,000,000. Montreal trade as a whole does not as yet show any very appreciable improveâ€" ment. ‘The shoe factories are all busy on ghoods for spring delivery, and some of the larger dry goods houses report fair orders for spring fabrics, but in groceries, hardware, and other lines the movement is a restricted one. Both the local sugar refineries are shut down. The cheese market shows some improveâ€" ment in demand and values, under fayvâ€" oring conditions, in Britain, and there is also some little strengthening, in the prices of leather. The markets generâ€" ally, however, show few important changes, the only notable one being a stiff advance in window â€" glass, largely due to the destruction of a consideralhie stock at a late heavy fire, and the exâ€" pense of getting forward new stock at this season. Calfskins are advanced a cent. The money market may be callâ€" ed rather easier, the rate for call monâ€" ey is 4 1â€"2 per cent. with indications that it may be 4 per cent. next week. The week‘s wholesale business at Torâ€" onto is unimportant. The more seasâ€" onable weather has created an increasâ€" ed demand for sortingâ€"up parcels and a better tone prevails. Spring goods are moving out slowly, but from this out improvement may be expected. A good. many bankrupt stocks are on the markâ€" et, and of course this militates against the trade and prices. Some dry goods jobbers are sanguine whilst others are anything but hopeful. There is a modâ€" erate movement in hardware and grocâ€" eries. Prices %enera‘lly are steady, but some classes of metal goods are lower, the discounts allowed dealers by manâ€" ufacturers being increased. ‘The grain trade remains quiet, with prices of wheat and flour somewhat lower than a week ago. The higher freight rates and large contracts made by the Grand ‘Trunk for the movement of western %rai.n via Portland shuts off exports rom Ontario to Liverpool to some exâ€" tent,and shippers are not inclined to buy any considerable quantities of grain at present. ‘The money markets are a trifle weaker. Call loans at Toronto are 5 to 51â€"2 per cent. and the best comâ€" mercial paper is discounted at 6 to 7 per cent. At New York the money market is unchanged, with the rates of sterling exchange firm. _ At London, discounts in the open market are easier at 2 5â€"8 per cent., and the Bank of Engâ€" land rate is 1â€"2 lower at 3 1â€"2 per cent. Speculative issues on the Toronto stock exchange are firmer there being adâ€" vances in,Postal, Cable and Assurance stocks. FLOM CANADA T0 WNDL To Help the Piagueâ€"Stricken Eastâ€"OMeiai Statementâ€" The Governorâ€"Gencral Heads the List. A despatch from Ottawa says:â€"A Canadian national Indian famine fund has been opened by the Federal Governâ€" ment, and the following statement auâ€" thorized by the Premier, bhas _ been given out for publication :â€" "There hbas been consultation beâ€" tween the Governorâ€"General and the Deminion Cabinet with regard to the best mode of evoking and transmitâ€" ting farther practical sympathetic helip on the part of all Canada for the reâ€" lief of the present dire distress in Inâ€" dia. _ The matiter was discussed _ at Saturday‘s meeting of Council, and it is now officiaily announced that the Governorâ€"General will gladly receive and forward all the Canadian collecâ€" tions and contributions that may be sent to him, and which will thus form a national fund. His Excellency is inâ€" viting the active coâ€"operation _ of the Lieutenantâ€"Governors in _ support of the movement. All the leading banks also will be asked if they will kindly arrange to receive subscriptions . at their bead offices and branches throughâ€" out the country. Mr. J. M. Courtney, the Deputy Minister of Finance bhas conâ€" sented to act as treasurer of the fund, which will be calied the "Canadian Indian Famine Fund." The Governorâ€" General bhas intimated a donation of $1,000." * > Inmates of a Disorderly House Near Gegina Burned to Death. A despatch from Winnipeg says:â€"At 7 o‘clock Saturday morning a disorderâ€" ly house located about a mile outside Regina was destroyed by fire. . Miss Gertie Underwood, the proprietress of the bouse, was awakened and she made a frantic effort to arouse Miss Kitty Meredith and another woman named Furenz. It was too late, however, as the flames had eaten their way to the roof. The Meredith and Furenz girls were burned to death. _ Miss Underâ€" wood escaped in her nightdress, and had to walk a quarter of a mile to the nearâ€" est house. The thermometer registered 35 below zero, and as a result she was badly frozen. There are two places on the earth‘s surface where there is but one day and one night througxhout the year, NATIONAL FUND TO BE RAISED IN THIS COUNTRY. LONG DAYS AND NIGHTS. TWO WOMEN CREMATED. Great Distress in the Presidency of Bom:â€" bayâ€"An Outbreak of Cholera Fearedâ€" Excessive Mortality From the Plague. A despatch from Bijapur, Presidency of Bombay, says:â€"The special correâ€" spondent of the Associated Press who is visiting the distressed provinces of India bas arrived at Bijapur, about 245 miles southâ€"east of Bombay, and finds in this district the keenest disâ€" tress, especially among the people of the lower castes. The latter are on the verge of starvation, and are only saved from it by the Government reâ€" lief work, which enables them to earn eonugh money to & tleast keep body and soul together while awaiting the brighter state of affairs which recent rains are expected to provide later in the year. It is estimated that fully oneâ€"tenth of the cattle in this district have alâ€" ready perished from lack of fodder, and the number will undoubtedly be considerably increased between now and the advent of the new crops,. In the fields can be seen lying numbers of carcasses of animals being devoured by vultures. ‘There are many €angs of robbers engaged in pillaging grain stores whenever an opportunity arises, and the prisons are full of thieves who have been captured while stealing grain or in attempting to do so. |(Aidkusia ds 4 d / Oinionte E C Among the masses there are many cases of illness arising from lack of proper nourishment, and it is regarded as certain that cholera will reach this district sooner or later, owing to the carelessness of the people, who dread being taken to the {mspitals provided for their care, believing that they are certain to die within a fortnight if they enter a hospital. _ Beyond doubt the. utmost resources of the Government will be taxed beâ€" fore long in the efforts which will h’fle C ~ Un s uin CC c m dithae POEo e e ie oe Cl CaRc Cns w d to be made to cope with the steadily increasing distress. ; A despatch from Jubbulpore to the London Chronicle, regarding the Indian famine, saysâ€""Relief measures were neglected in the Central Provinces throughout 1896. The latest statistics up to the end of October give as the exâ€" cess in the mortality over the previous ten years 82,‘3'§é:-.§ifclޤi;evc_)t _cholera cases. Most of this excess is due to famine." FATAL SLIP AT TORONTO DEATH RESULTS FROM A FALL ON THE SIDEWALK. A Toronteo Lawyer the Victim â€"Reveral Serious Accidents Reported to the City. A despatch from Toronto says:â€"The treacherous, slippery condition of some of the city streets has been the cause of many serious accidents, and even deaths during th elast few days. Two distressing deaths of little children have been recorded in Parkdale through fallâ€" ing on the icy sidewalk, and again on Saturday, as a result of a fall, Mr. Henâ€" ry ‘I. Ince, a wellâ€"known and respectâ€" ed barrister, lost his life. The sidewalk at the southâ€"west corâ€" ner of Rischmond and Yonge streets was in a very slippery condition, and Mr. Ince fell, striking the back of his bead on the hard stone pavement, Alâ€" though badly shaken, he was not renâ€" dered unconscious, and, with assistâ€" ance, was able to walk to the Methoâ€" dist bookâ€"room, over which his office is situated. While waiting for Dr. Barâ€" rick, who had been called by telephone, the sufferer lost consciousness, and reâ€" mained in that state, despite all the efâ€" forts of the doctor, who found that a blood vessel of the brain had been rupâ€" tured; and that there was almost no chance whatever for recovery. _ The ambulance was called, and Mr. ince was taken to 580 Huron street, the resiâ€" _dence of his brother, Mr. Wim. ince, of Perkins, ince and Company, who was with him. Mr. Ince aiso was preâ€" sent, having been summoned shortly after the accident. Mr. Ince never reâ€" covered consciousness, and died on Satâ€" urday evening. _ Y Ohe ve Deceased had been a resident of Toâ€" ronto since 1835. HMe received his enâ€" tire education here taking up the study of law. Besides making a great success as a barrister, Mr. Ince interâ€" ested himseif extensively in real estate, and secured many valuable properties here. He hbhad been a prominent memâ€" ber of the House of Industry Board for many. yeqars. 031 cssu.ls . S A widow and six children are left to mourn his loss, five daughters and one son. Two of the daughters are marâ€" ried, one to Capt. John W. Anderson, of Niagara; and the other to Dr. Geo. Warren, of this city. * £ ¢ Mr. Thompson, superintendent of Mount Pleasant cemetery, slipped and fell on Yonge street, and sustained a number of cuts and bruises about the face, Mrs. Rogers, of 420 Yonge street, fell a short time later, and broke her arm. Dr. Cuthbertson set the fracturâ€" ed limb, and she was removed to her home. A number of other serious accidents also happened on Saturday. Apama Jos. Humphreys, who has an office in the Strathy buildiug, fell at the southâ€" east corner of Youge and Adelaide streets, and broke his leg. He was reâ€" moved to bis home in the police ambuâ€" lance. f ; 3 British Preparations for an Advance Up the Nite. The latest news from Cairo indicates that the start of the Angloâ€"Egyptian expedition to Khartoum may be exâ€" rected wtibin six mouths. _ The preâ€" iminaries _ are bem? ex{)e.dmed, and when Sir Redvers Buller, V. C., the Adâ€" jutantâ€"General for the forces, for it is no longer doubted that Buller will supâ€" ersede Sir Herbert Kitchener at the head of the 10,000 British troops who are going to stiffen the backbone of the Egyptian army, starts for Kharâ€" toum fipwfll probably find but little to impede a ra)]):;l advance on this side of Borber. There is no reason why Gen. Kitchener should be superseded, except on account of his youth. w Herbert Kitchener was born in 1850, and Sir Redvers Buller was born in 1839. â€" But it is felt that a veteran is needed at the head of the expedition which is to make the important adâ€" vance about to be undertaken. It is understood, however, that the command ld the umfi:‘ oecufiqtlon will be givâ€" en to Sir rbert Kitchener, THE INDIAN FAMINE, ON TO KHARTOUN. SPLENDID DISCIPLINE ON WARREN HASTINGS. CALM IN FACE OF DBATE A despatch to the London Daily Teleâ€" graph from Port Louis, Island of Maurâ€" itius, furnishes particulars of the wreck of the British Indian troopship Warâ€" ren Hastings, which was wrecked off the island of Reunion on . Thursday, January 1l4th. It appears she ran ashore at 2.20 aim. It was pitch dark, and torrents of rain were falling. She bhad on board soldiers and crew to the number of 1232 men, in addition to & number of women and children, the families of the married men of the mil« itary force. (When the ship struck the troops were ordered to retire from the upper deck to which they had flocked on the first alarm, and to faly in beâ€" low. This they did promptly, the most perfect discipline prevailing, although the men were fully conscious of the danger which they were in. ‘They were quieily mustered on the ‘tween decks without confusion or excitement. Ow» ing to the fact that the surfâ€"boats could |noi be used in landing uhe troops, two |oftwers of the Warren Haslings were lowered from the ship‘s bows to the rocks,and when it was iound that a land« ing could be effected in uhis way the disâ€" emvarkation of the soldiers was . comâ€" menced at four o‘clock, Commander Holiand hoping it was safe to revain the women, ch:ldren, and the sick on board until daylighi, Jiut ihe steam~ ship was soon lound to ts heeling over so rapidly that everyone was ordered to the upper deck, the danger of cap» sizing being imminent. _ Therqupon Commander Holland ordered the land~ ing of the troops to be stopped in 0 der that the women, children and N& persous should be landed immodmtetl’{.' This order was obeyed with admirable discipline. _ By five o‘clock the decks bad heeled over to an angle of Iittd degrees to starboard, and the boa‘ were aliswept away. ‘The good swimâ€" mers were then permittes to swim ashore, carrying â€" ropes,. By th means many others were landed, aeq the disembarkation of all on boar was completed by 5.830 a.m., with the loss of only two native servants. Many acts of gallantry were recorded. _ The French offivcials and inbhavitants of the Island of Reunion gave the shipwreck» ed people every assistance possible, The Troops Fall in Below While the Weoâ€" men and Children Were Landedâ€"All Saved. The Aggregate Capitalization of Britishk Columbia‘s New â€" Compantes Almost Takes the Breath Away. The great and everâ€"growing interest manifested by the investing public in British Columbia‘s varied and importâ€" ant natural resources, more especially hergold and silver mines, has no more forcible or eloquent illustration than the number and importance of the stock companies â€" organized during 1896 to develop and realize upon these resources. The combined capital stock of these commercial organizations represents an amount so large that one is lost in astonishment at the magniâ€" tudeâ€"for the aggregate capitalization rups high in the nine figures. "Two bhundred and fifty or three hunâ€" dred million dollars," the tolal is exâ€" pressed, for in approximaiing in Briâ€" tish Columbia of tremendous business enierpr.ses as weli as of magnificent disiances of margin of fifty muiilions is accepted as permissible. And this immense sum represents no more than the aggregate capitalization of the many companies, domestic and foreign, licensed to do business in that province during this one year of 1896. To the list of incorporations regisâ€" tered under the Companies Act, agâ€" gregating $25D,000,000 in capitai stock, must also be added the compan‘es reâ€" gistered there under the Imperial Act, of 1892, sixteen in number, which bring the total capitalization up to $266,119,â€" 075. ‘lhese companies, ail limited laâ€" bility concerns were registered _ durâ€" ing last year as follows: es R Ana cories Packing Co.,. Victoria, $3),000,000. A B. C. Development Association, Engâ€" land, £10,000. F Cariboo and Williams Creek Consoliâ€" dated Mining Co., Wellington, $000,000. Canadian Gold Fields Syndicate, Kossâ€" land, $1,000,000. Gold Star Mining Co., Rossland, $1,â€" ©00,000. _ Keely Creek Gold Mining & Milling Co., Vancouver, $1,000,000. PhiiaD s NT _ Jmperial Gold Mining Co., Rossland, $100,080: :: * n °> . C ne (e . Lookoui Mouniain Mining & Millâ€" ing Co., Trail, $1,250,000, _ _ _ â€"Morning Star Gold Mining Co., Rossâ€" land, $1,000,000. _ __ _ & Mugwump Gold Mining Co.. Ross land, $1000,000.; ; j css« u000208 =00 .0 Monitor Gold Mining Co.. Rossland, Mary May Mining Co.. Rossland, $090,000. . . :: > Pm e d [ omal. _ _ Monireal Red Mountain Gold Fields Co., Rossland, $1,000,000. Nickel Plate Gold Mining Co. of B. C., Rossland, $750,000. Omineca Prospecting Co.. Victoria, $6,000. One company has been registered unâ€" der the !mperial Act this year. lt is the Trout Lake Mining Co., Ltd., with Principal place of business _ at Trail and a capital stock of $1,1000,000. I don‘t like a frisnd to domineer over me, said the young man with the patiâ€" ent disposition. Who has been doing that ? My â€"roommate. He borrowed my evening clothes. That‘s a good deal of a lihertg. I didn‘t mind it. But when he asked for my umbrella, I told him 1 might want to use it myself. But he got i just the same, How ? He simply stood on his dignity and said: All right; have your own way about it. ‘They‘re your clothes that I‘m trying to keep from getting spoiled ; not mine. . I think DeBlowem is just too charmâ€" ing for m‘ghing in that Anvil Chorus, declared the pretty amateur. _ _ Yes, snorted the rival of DeBlowem, The fellow evidently got his musical edâ€" ucation in a blacksnuth shop. Gold Mining Co., Rossland, $1,000,â€" HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS. HIGH HANDED. SPITEFUL i K4 THE TE BETWEEN Betails of th &ll Dispu to be Ohe The preas Gmt Brita to consolid happily exis consecrate internationg Article 1. trate, subje tions in dii and ad just : gotiations, Article T groups of . gate do no and do not of tarritoric and decide« constituted Article ] inate one jurist of : tors so no months of uimpi1 n1 pI# th to vuy of dirset wh bears any upon an u the umpir pers of the ruc cision sha either of Iy. ; it d}rswl.l either change: ol Articl groups o flrt)' to »e or acts 6 shall i to Tt ty AZ be in L« ne ow i Â¥\0 months 1i demand a the matte n payi ut Ar 0i whose aw ty n aD L0N.OAULs )therv m Mmous « n hi‘ "AUnS On Jong 1 H thar Aurt in Stat ol ) §0 w & Al e n niy w@T un m on t7 TVi $ in a wal ti 1 PIJ of OM n n a he